Residents can be issued up to four free rain barrels after the Village Board approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago recently.
The 55-gallon drums are designed to go under the downspout of a home. The water collected can be used for things like watering plants or lawns or cleaning cars or tools. The MWRD began the program as a means to help prevent flooding, sewer backups and basement overflows…Please click here to read David P. Funk’s story in the Times.
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